阴

Overcast (weather) in Chinese: 阴 (yīn)

yīn

overcast (weather)

HSK 2Traditional: 陰2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1overcast (weather)
  2. 2cloudy
  3. 3shady
  4. 4Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang)
  5. 5negative (electric.)
  6. 6feminine
  7. 7moon
  8. 8implicit
  9. 9hidden
  10. 10genitalia

Stroke order

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阴

Zhuyin

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ㄧㄣ

yīn

ㄧ/ iㄣ/ en—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

阴

Simplified

陰

Traditional

Example sentences

See 阴 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 天气变阴了。

    tiān qì biàn yīn le。

    The weather turned bad.

  • 天突然转阴了。

    tiān tū rán zhuǎn yīn le。

    All of a sudden the sky became overcast.

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Related words

阴天

yīn tiān

cloudy day

阴谋

yīn móu

to conspire

阴影

yīn yǐng

(lit. and fig.) shadow

阴暗

yīn àn

dim

阴性

yīn xìng

negative

游泳

yóu yǒng

swimming

右边

yòu bian

right side

鱼

yú

fish

元

yuán

currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)

远

yuǎn

far

运动

yùn dòng

to move

再

zài

again

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